Summary results of the EU-27 orchard survey
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Agriculture and fisheries
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Statistics in Focus
Agriculture and fisheries
Authors: Céline OLLIER, Fausto CARDOSO, Mihaela DINU
41/2009
Summary results of the EU-27 orchard survey
Table apples main fruit species
A basic survey of plantations of certain species of fruit
trees (table apples, table pears, peaches, apricots,
oranges, lemons and small citrus fruit) is carried out
every five years to measure and characterise the
production potential of fruit plantations intended to
produce for the market. The total survey area is therefore
smaller than the overall area of Member States' orchards
registered in the annual statistics, as these are supposed
to cover all production areas.
The 2007 survey was the first survey to cover all 27 EU
Member States.
Data were collected on the areas under fruit trees,
broken down by country, region (production zone),
species, variety, density class (number of trees/ha), and
age class.
In brief
EU-27 orchard (7 species surveyed):
One third of the European orchard is located in
Spain.
About one third of the European orchard is
planted with apple trees and another third is
planted with citrus trees (orange, lemon and
small citrus fruit).
The Comunidad Valenciana region in Spain
accounts for more than one third of the area
under citrus trees.
Trend in EU-15
With the exception of small citrus fruit and area
under orange trees, the other areas surveyed
have decreased in size since 2002.
1. Share of orchard area by species:
Figure 1: Total orchard area by species, 2007, EU-27
Table apple
36%
Table pear
8%
Peach
15%
Orange
20%
Apricot
5%
Lemon
5%
Sm citrus fr.
11%
Given that around 85% of the surveyed orchard species
of the new Member States (NMS-12) are apple trees, the
share of EU-apple trees has increased by about 15%
since enlargement and currently accounts for more than
one third of the total surveyed European orchard area.
The second and third most cultivated species are oranges
and peaches, with shares of 20% and 15% respectively.
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